To be annoyed at my seat in restaurant?

[inkyspells]

So last night me and partner went for a Indian meal for a belated birthday celebration.
Heard lots of good reviews but because there was just the two of us they put us on the two table (which was bang in the middle and people either side,no room to move etc )
I felt so uncomfortable the whole meal.
Felt like the other people watching us eating,couldn’t talk etc
I asked to move but they said “2 people is these tables “
Anyway il add a photo with arrow showing our table
abiu ? Or are these tables ridiculous
Bear in mind we have 2 curry’s ,2 cocktails ,2 rice ,a nan all on there and literally couldn’t move.

Its a typical Indian style restaurant where they cram in as many seats as possible.

I had a horrible experience a few years ago. Went for dinner and we literally couldn't hear what the people at our table were saying because the nearby 'neighbours' were so close and so loud.

Yeah @inkyspells that is shit. If it was the only seats they had, then I guess they had no choice, but I wouldn't have liked it. I think I would have left. No privacy or intimacy at all...

DH and I and our 2 DC went to a nice pizza and pasta place a few months ago, and they do do good food! But they put us in such a tight space, (like a booth...) and even my 2 DC who are slim were a bit squashed and had to 'breathe in' a bit. DH and I who are are little bit chubby, were really uncomfortable. Pic 1 is an example, though the table was bigger/ended up digging into us! 😬

Last Spring, me and DH went to an evening meal out to a pub, with 10 others. They gave us a table for 10, and (when there were 12 of us,) and the extra 2 had to sit on a separate table.... It was 2-3 feet away (because of how the place is designed,) and the 'partition' was 4 feet high, so the 2 on their own couldn't see or speak to the other 10.

We ended up with 4 of us at one table, and 8 at the other, so it was like 2 parties of people, and not one. It put such a dampener on the evening. Pic 2 is a bit of an example of what I mean, the main bulk of the party was in the seating to the left of the picture, (at the back, behind the partition,) and the other 4 were stuck at the front (out of view of the other 8.)

That was the last time we went. They lost trade from about 16-17 people, because a few others who didn't go that night didn't go again either. We used to go every 2-3 weeks, at least 8-10 of us. So they lost quite a lot of custom.

Edited to say, with the second example, (where 12 of us were split up,) there WAS a table that would have fit 12-13 people, but they said it was 'reserved.' We got there at 6.15pm, and said 'well what time is it reserved for?' They said 'the party for this table will be here at 7pm.' We stayed til 8.15pm, and NO-ONE came to that table, so they could have let us have it! We would have stayed longer, but were all a bit uncomfortable and a bit pissed off. We would have spent more; had more drinks/probably desserts, so they lost that trade, adn well as future trade from 17-ish people!.

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That is rubbish seating OP! I'd be annoyed too.

You’re right. That’s ridiculous.

If you can’t leave your seat without disturbing some other table the tables are too close together. Put it in a negative Google review with this picture.

In future if you don’t like table tell them early and if they can’t accommodate you -leave.

haha hilarious

you wouldn’t even be sat that close to someone on the same table as you on a table of 4+ basically anywhere else, and you know those people. That’s ridiculous. Should be one less table there
for sure!

At first i thought you meant in an isle, seeing the photo that’s not on for a restaurant. They’re trying to squeeze every last space with a table to increase profits. I part understand but this would be a step too far - how do you even get in or out without other strangers having to get up?

Yeah if not happy, I would have not sat down until they moved me or I went elsewhere. However I would have no problem with that particular table although not great for intimate conversation!

Prime example of how ridiculously close these places have you 😂 mine was meeting up with an ex after 2 years to establish if we wanted to try again or not. No arguing, inappropriate topics, or anything to draw attention, all quiet talking and all very civil but we obviously needed to discuss what had caused the demise of the relationship initially and if we felt we could move forward. Realised very quickly the couple sat 2 inches away from us had fallen silent to listen to our conversation and so we changed the topic as it then felt too uncomfortable. Just made the whole thing really bloody awkward! I don’t want an audience when talking quietly!

Had something similar at a friends birthday a few months back. It was a bottomless brunch place that we’d been to two years prior as a big group and been put all on the same large table which worked well. When we went back the second time they gave us 3 separate tables all a few metres from each other and right on top of the live music. Made the whole thing a nightmare because not everyone knew each other but was stuck on separate tables meaning no one really mixed through the whole thing. Painful. If they can’t accommodate everyone together in a group booking then they need to make it clear at the time of enquiry!

Tbh I've been to many restaurants where there are rows of tables for 2 set up like this which are very "cosy", i don't like it but accept it.
But bloody hell, I've never seen a gap between tables THAT narrow, not sure even Arianna Grande would get through there!

I’d hate that! Dreadful!

I would have hated that. I’d feel really trapped and not private at all. Would you have to crawl under to go to the loo???

Sheer greed fitting an extra table in.

Surprise surprise 🙄

Yanbu

Either by the wall or cosy seperate table

Not rocket science